CPR Flashcards

1
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CPR sequence acronym

A

C-A-B

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2
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C:

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compressions

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3
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A:

A

airway

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4
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B:

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breathing

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5
Q

compressions: push … and … on the …

A

hard; fast; center of the victim’s chest

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6
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airway: … the victim’s head back and … to open the airway

A

tilt; lift the chin

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7
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breathing: give

A

mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths

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8
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(compressions) a compression is the act of

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pushing on the chest

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9
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(compressions) people often don’t …. because they’re …

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push hard enough; afraid of hurting the victim

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10
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(compressions) an injury is …, but it is …

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unlikely; better than death

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11
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(compressions) it is better to push … than …

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too hard; not hard enough

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12
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(compressions) when you push on the chest, you

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pump blood to the brain and heart

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13
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(compressions) step 1: make sure the person is

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lying on his back on a firm, flat surface

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14
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(compressions) step 2:

A

move clothes out of the way

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15
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(compressions) step 3: put the … on the lower half of the …. put the …. on …

A

heel of 1 hand; breastbone; heel of your other hand; top of the first hand

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16
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(compressions) push … at least … at a rate of …

A

straight down; 2 inches; at least 100 compressions a minute

17
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(compressions) after each compression, let the

A

chest come back up to its normal position

18
Q

(give breaths) …. are the most important part of CPR

A

compressions

19
Q

(give breaths) if you are also able to …, you will help even more

A

give breaths

20
Q

(give breaths) your breaths need to

A

make the chest rise

21
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(give breaths) when the chest …, you know the person has …

A

rises; taken in enough air

22
Q

(open airway) put 1 hand on the … and the …. on the …

A

forehead; fingers of your other hand; bony part of the chin

23
Q

(open airway) … back and ….

A

tilt the head back and lift the chin

24
Q

(give breaths) take a breath and … with …

A

cover the person’s mouth; your mouth

25
Q

(give breaths) give … (blow for … each). watch for the … as you give each breath

A

2 breaths; 1 second; chest to begin to rise

26
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before cpr, the first step is to …. and then …. and then …. and then …. and then …

A

check if the area is safe; check if the person is responsive by gently shaking them, talking to them, etc.; call the cops; check the pulse; 30 compressions and 2 breaths 4x; check pulse again